A caboose is a railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles.

In a bay window caboose, the crew sits in the middle of the car in a section of wall that projects from the side of the caboose. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, hence the name. A bay window caboose afforded a better view of the side of the train and eliminated falling hazards.

ATHEARN BAY WINDOW CABOOSE LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion caboose truck per prototype
Fine end handrails and ladders
Clear windows
Separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel
Fully-assembled and ready to run
Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Weighted for trouble free operation
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
Minimum radius: 18\”